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ok, so i was working on swapping out my pads and I noticed that half of the boot on the left piston on my front right caliper is gone. I checked the left caliper and although it's not gone, the caliper boot is damaged there as well. It seems that the pad spring inside the caliper nicks the boot and tears it when the piston comes out a lot.(my pads were wooorn.) So my question is,

1. Will I see catastrophic failure with the boot half gone? I'm guessing that without the boot, dust will go in and may damage the seal.

2. Should I attempt an DYI rebuild? From the thread in the past, it seems that it is extremely difficult job...

This blows. Maybe it's time for BBK?!

thanks in advance...

-ak

<blockquote data-quote="ak" data-source="post: 433490" data-attributes="member: 3868">ok, so i was working on swapping out my pads and I noticed that half of the boot on the left piston on my front right caliper is gone.&nbsp; I checked the left caliper and although it&#039;s not gone, the caliper boot is damaged there as well.&nbsp; It seems that the pad spring inside the caliper nicks the boot and tears it when the piston comes out a lot.(my pads were wooorn.)&nbsp; So my question is,1.&nbsp; Will I see catastrophic failure with the boot half gone?&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing that without the boot, dust will go in and may damage the seal.2.&nbsp; Should I attempt an DYI rebuild?&nbsp; From the thread in the past, it seems that it is extremely difficult job...&nbsp; This blows.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s time for BBK?! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />thanks in advance...-ak</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ak, post: 433490, member: 3868"] ok, so i was working on swapping out my pads and I noticed that half of the boot on the left piston on my front right caliper is gone. I checked the left caliper and although it's not gone, the caliper boot is damaged there as well. It seems that the pad spring inside the caliper nicks the boot and tears it when the piston comes out a lot.(my pads were wooorn.) So my question is, 1. Will I see catastrophic failure with the boot half gone? I'm guessing that without the boot, dust will go in and may damage the seal. 2. Should I attempt an DYI rebuild? From the thread in the past, it seems that it is extremely difficult job... This blows. Maybe it's time for BBK?! :D thanks in advance... -ak [/QUOTE]

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